In the 1970s, a hero arose to defend the fact that pinball was a game of skill, not a game of chance.

Support the show

The ill-fated voyage encountered mutiny, torture, murder, and a mad tyrant as things went from bad to worse...

Support the show

This episode is an interview with Peter Stark, author of Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father.

Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Young-Washington-Peter-Stark-audiobook/dp/B07C2YT1QM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23T4RGZSY5SF6&keywords=peter+stark+young+washington&qid=1707930381&s=books&sprefix=peter+stark+young+washington%2Cstripbooks%2C88&sr=1-1

Support the show

New Years Eve, 1922.

Support the show

The story of Dungeons & Dragons and how an innocent tabletop RPG was caught in the crossfire of moral outrage and religious fundamentalism.

Support the show

In this episode, we’ll follow the all-black 369th Infantry Regiment known as the “Harlem Hellfighters” through the horrors of trench warfare, and through their struggle for equality.

Support the show

In a tale involving ancient Egyptians, grave robbers, charlatans, and European aristocracy, we'll explore burial rites, desecration, and what they reveal about relationship with how we treat our dead.

Support the show

The story of a minimally-contacted tribe on North Sentinel Island who clearly want to be left alone. 

Support the show

The story of German officers committing high treason for the greater good of Germany.

Support the show

In 1975, women were still in the process of breaking out of the domestic bubble and into politics and the modern workforce. But in Iceland, one event that year changed everything…

Support the show